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The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men will start at December 16, 2012 in Pokljuka. Defending titlist is Andreas Birnbacher of Germany.

Competition format

In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this 15.0 kilometres (9.3 mi) competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone, two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to your bib (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.) with rest of the shooting bouts being at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the lane in fifth place, you shoot at lane five.). As in sprint races, competitors must ski one 150 m penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the Pursuit as here all contestants start simultaneously).

2011–12 Top 3 Standings

Medal	Athlete	Points [1]
Gold:	Andreas Birnbacher	260
Silver:	Emil Hegle Svendsen	218
Bronze:	Martin Fourcade	202

Medal winners

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Pokljuka details	Andreas Birnbacher   Germany	35:39.4 (0+0+0+0)	Jakov Fak   Slovenia	35:57.1 (0+0+1+1)	Tim Burke   United States	36:02.0 (0+0+1+1)
Ruhpolding details	Martin Fourcade   France	36:27.7 (0+0+0+0)	Dmitry Malyshko   Russia	36:28.2 (1+0+0+0)	Emil Hegle Svendsen   Norway	36:38.3 (0+1+1+0)
World Championships details	Tarjei Bø   Norway	36:15.8 (0+0+0+0)	Anton Shipulin   Russia	36:19.5 (0+0+1+0)	Emil Hegle Svendsen   Norway	36:23.2 (0+1+0+0)
Holmenkollen details	Ondřej Moravec   Czech Republic	39:48.7 (0+0+0+1)	Martin Fourcade   France	40:02.4 (1+0+0+2)	Erik Lesser   Germany	40:05.5 (0+0+1+0)
Khanty-Mansiysk details	Martin Fourcade   France	41:51.4 (0+1+0+0)	Dominik Landertinger   Austria	42:05.3 (0+0+1+0)	Emil Hegle Svendsen   Norway	42:08.7 (0+0+1+0)

Standings

#	Name	POK	RUH	WCH	HOL	KHA	Total [2]
1	Martin Fourcade ( FRA)	43	60	31	54	60	248
2	Emil Hegle Svendsen ( NOR)	38	48	48	—	48	182
3	Tim Burke ( USA)	48	22	11	43	43	167
4	Andreas Birnbacher ( GER)	60	36	30	23	14	163
5	Ondřej Moravec ( CZE)	14	16	43	60	29	162
6	Tarjei Bø ( NOR)	—	27	60	36	36	159
7	Dominik Landertinger ( AUT)	18	30	38	15	54	155
8	Jakov Fak ( SLO)	54	38	22	25	15	154
9	Simon Eder ( AUT)	25	21	23	31	40	140
10	Björn Ferry ( SWE)	40	32	34	12	19	137
11	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix ( FRA)	22	24	36	34	18	134
12	Fredrik Lindström ( SWE)	26	18	29	32	28	133
13	Erik Lesser ( GER)	17	11	40	48	13	129
14	Dmitry Malyshko ( RUS)	27	54	26	—	20	127
15	Anton Shipulin ( RUS)	19	13	54	—	34	120
16	Andriy Deryzemlya ( UKR)	—	25	21	38	30	114
17	Simon Schempp ( GER)	24	40	27	11	—	102
18	Evgeniy Garanichev ( RUS)	34	19	16	—	32	101
19	Michal Šlesingr ( CZE)	23	23	—	22	31	99
20	Arnd Peiffer ( GER)	11	26	18	19	23	97
21	Alexis Bœuf ( FRA)	21	43	13	16	—	93
22	Florian Graf ( GER)	31	17	—	24	21	93
23	Lukas Hofer ( ITA)	—	29	20	27	17	93
24	Simon Fourcade ( FRA)	—	—	32	21	38	91
25	Henrik L'Abée-Lund ( NOR)	32	34	24	—	—	90
26	Ole Einar Bjørndalen ( NOR)	29	—	17	28	16	90
27	Evgeny Ustyugov ( RUS)	36	28	25	—	—	89
28	Andrei Makoveev ( RUS)	15	12	—	40	11	78
29	Lowell Bailey ( USA)	—	—	28	14	27	69
30	Friedrich Pinter ( AUT)	30	14	—	20	—	64
31	Carl Johan Bergman ( SWE)	28	20	—	—	12	60
32	Jean-Philippe Leguellec ( CAN)	20	—	19	17	—	56
33	Daniel Mesotitsch ( AUT)	—	—	—	30	24	54
34	Lars Helge Birkeland ( NOR)	—	31	—	—	—	31
35	Alexey Volkov ( RUS)	—	—	—	29	—	29
36	Christoph Sumann ( AUT)	—	—	—	—	26	26
36	Alexandr Loginov ( RUS)	—	—	—	26	—	26
38	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen ( NOR)	—	—	—	—	25	25
39	Alexey Slepov ( RUS)	—	—	—	—	22	22
40	Daniel Böhm ( GER)	—	—	—	18	—	18
41	Julian Eberhard ( AUT)	16	—	—	—	—	16
42	Klemen Bauer ( SLO)	—	—	15	—	—	15
42	Scott Perras ( CAN)	—	15	—	—	—	15
44	Benjamin Weger ( SUI)	—	—	14	—	—	14
45	Vladimir Iliev ( BUL)	13	—	—	—	—	13
45	Andrejs Rastorgujevs ( LAT)	—	—	—	13	—	13
47	Lars Berger ( NOR)	12	—	—	—	—	12
47	Tomas Kaukėnas ( LTU)	—	—	12	—	—	12

References